Portland State Magazine Fall 2019

31 MIKE RICHARDSON ’77, founder of Dark Horse Comics, received a PSU Presidential Medal in July for his professional achievements and support of PSU. He has donated all materials produced by Dark Horse to the library, and this past year, provided scholarships for every member of the men’s and women’s basketball teams. DOUG MERRITT ‘78 is founder and CEO of Headset Advisor, a nationwide provider of wired and wireless headsets for business professionals. He started the company following a successful 16-year career at Pitney Bowes. JAMES A. PATTERSON ’84 is the new executive vice-president and chief communications and experience officer of Oregon State Credit Union. LEANNE BREMER ’86, a partner at Miller Nash Graham & Dunn law firm, was appointed to the board of directors for Educational Service District 112, representing schools in Ridgefield, northernVancouver and Battle Ground,Washington. RICK MILLER MBA ’91 was awarded the PSU Presidential Medal during The School of Business June commencement ceremonies. Miller is co-founder of RogueVenture Partners. He and his wife, Erika, contributed $9 million to the Karl Miller Center, named in honor of his grandfather. RONDA GROSHONG ’92 officially became Beaverton’s interim police chief and the first woman to lead the 185-member department in July. She joined Beaverton Police as an officer in 1995. EBONY SLOAN CLARKE MSW ’01 is the new director of Multnomah County’s Mental Health and Addiction Services Division. Clarke has been deputy director since 2014 and acting interim director since August 2018. LAVERT ROBERTSON ME ’01 is the new CEO of All Hands Raised, a nonprofit which began as an arm of Portland Public Schools Foundation and now works independently to ensure racial equity and quality education throughout Multnomah County schools and community colleges. RODRIGO GEORGE MIM ’13 received one of Bonneville Power Administration’s highest honors: the 2019 Achievement in Environmental Protection Award. He is a policy analyst in BPA’s Environment, Fish and Wildlife Office. KATIE BOOS ’16 was hired as the Lakeridge High School softball coach in Lake Oswego in July. She was the hitting and outfield coach at Concordia University. GRACE TUMWEBAZE ’19 left in June for the East African country of Malawi to be a health volunteer for the Peace Corps during the next two years. FOR MORE ALUMNI NEWS follow us @PSU_Alums onTwitter and PortlandStateAlumni on Facebook. Have news you would like to share? Email alum@pdx.edu or mail your information to Portland State University, Office of Alumni Relations, PO Box 751, Portland OR 97207-0751.To submit your own alumni news online, go to pdx.edu/alumni/contact .  RONDA GROSHONG MIKE RICHARDSON ALUMNI IN THE NEWS EBONY SLOAN CLARKE LAVERT ROBERTSON GRACE TUMWEBAZE